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coming up we are following overnight news in san francisco. a fire and gas leak is causing big problems in one neighborhood. >>> the clock is ticking toward the midnight deadline. frantic last minute effort to prevent the u.s. from going over the cliff. >>> and we will take a look at some of your traffic in the south bay next. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. only $29 a month for six months. rethink possible. >>> people hospitalized after an early morning house fire in san francisco that sent flames shooting out of a gas
coming up we are following overnight news in san francisco. a fire and gas leak is causing big problems in one neighborhood. >>> the clock is ticking toward the midnight deadline. frantic last minute effort to prevent the u.s. from going over the cliff. >>> and we will take a look at some of your traffic in the south bay next. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two...
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detroit's mayor is in san francisco today. what he's doing because the giant's sweep of the tigers. >>> they must have had a bright light shining down on them. >> a large tree crushes a car. how firefighters rescued a young couple inside. >>> authorities say the 100 foot tree fell just moments after the couple parked outside of a home yesterday afternoon. firefighters were able to rescue the couple from the crushed car by pulling them outside of a passenger side window. they were shaken up but not seriously injured. >> they must have had a bright light shining down on them. if you look at the passenger compartment there is a space of two loafs of bread in there. >> officials say the rot in the trees root system caused that tree to fall. >>> detroit's mayor is in san francisco to make good on his world series major. as you know -- mayor dave and mayor lee vowed the leader would tour economic ventures and perform community service in the winning team city. the mayors will force -- then it's on to at & t park and another tour. >>
detroit's mayor is in san francisco today. what he's doing because the giant's sweep of the tigers. >>> they must have had a bright light shining down on them. >> a large tree crushes a car. how firefighters rescued a young couple inside. >>> authorities say the 100 foot tree fell just moments after the couple parked outside of a home yesterday afternoon. firefighters were able to rescue the couple from the crushed car by pulling them outside of a passenger side window....
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but there was no decision made today here inside san francisco federal court. on the case of johannes mehserle and other officers involved in the shooting of oscar grant during a new year's party a few years ago. now, attorneys for anthony p. eroni and johannes mehserle argued they should be offered immunity because they argued the shooting was an accident. they also say it was tragic but there was reasonable actions by the officers to act the way they did. meanwhile, the attorneys for the victims and four others claim it was not an accident, that they were defenseless and should not be granted qualified immunity of the law. here's what both sides had to say. >> what it means is the simple fact that our rights have been violated. those young men are tie to us as a family -- are tied to us as a family. this an opportunity for the world to see that we do have legal civil rights in this so- call ursociety of ours and should be recognized that way. >> reporter: attorneys for both sides say they are confident the judge will rule in their favor. but it could take a w
but there was no decision made today here inside san francisco federal court. on the case of johannes mehserle and other officers involved in the shooting of oscar grant during a new year's party a few years ago. now, attorneys for anthony p. eroni and johannes mehserle argued they should be offered immunity because they argued the shooting was an accident. they also say it was tragic but there was reasonable actions by the officers to act the way they did. meanwhile, the attorneys for the...
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. >>> the city of san francisco has launched a new campaign aimed at pedestrian safety particularly near schools and senior stares, police and city's department of public health are teaming up for what is called the pedestrian safety project for youth and seniors, officials say motorcycle officers will be stationed at enforcement locations around schools and senior centers and driver whose violent pedestrian safety laws will be slapped with a $155 citation. >> this antioch playground fenced off after it was torched by arsonists, who offered up a major donation today to rebuild this park. >> and taking a look outside you can see the sun is shining today but how long will that last? mark tamayo is tracking the next storm heading our way. >> you start thinking the worst thing that can happen. i just imagined someone was, you know, dying of- >> the panic triggered in a shopping mall, the brawl that sent people running and why some thought they heard gunfire. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going u
. >>> the city of san francisco has launched a new campaign aimed at pedestrian safety particularly near schools and senior stares, police and city's department of public health are teaming up for what is called the pedestrian safety project for youth and seniors, officials say motorcycle officers will be stationed at enforcement locations around schools and senior centers and driver whose violent pedestrian safety laws will be slapped with a $155 citation. >> this antioch...
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san francisco 101 this is a look there. you can see traffic on the right hand side toward sfo looking good. let's head back to the desk. >>> we begin with breaking news from oakland. police are investigating three homicides. there are two different scenes. one in oakland. one in west oakland and one in east oakland. ktvu alex savidge is live on walnut street. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the sergeant here on scene told me in this case a woman was found stabbed to death early this morning. officers are still out here on scene. you can see a couple patrol cars parked out here on this street. the stabbing happened inside this apartment building in a second floor unit. we'll show you video we shot a short time ago. this is all taking place in the 5800 block of walnut. neighbors called 911 just about two hours ago. around 2:30 this morning. when officers aryed here on scene they went inside this unit and found this woman with multiple stab wounds and she died here on scene. a sergeant told me a short time ago p
san francisco 101 this is a look there. you can see traffic on the right hand side toward sfo looking good. let's head back to the desk. >>> we begin with breaking news from oakland. police are investigating three homicides. there are two different scenes. one in oakland. one in west oakland and one in east oakland. ktvu alex savidge is live on walnut street. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the sergeant here on scene told me in this case a woman was found stabbed...
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trains will be stopping at all of the san francisco stations. the pittsburg bay point train will stop at montgomery. the dublin pleasanton lines will stop at embarcadero. that's to relieve congestion. so make sure you are in the right spot to catch your train to go home. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. >>> some san francisco police officers will be working overtime tonight. they are working with the fire department, the department of public health, the mta and the chp to keep revelers safe. two pieces of advice the department has -- take public transit and be smart about drinking. >> there will be zero-tolerance for drinking in public, zero- tolerance for open containers and drunk and disorderly conduct. we want everybody to come out and have a good time but we don't want anyone to ruin it for anybody else. >> go to the front page, scroll down halfway and click on hot topics for more information. >>> tomorrow will be four years since the shooting death of oscar grant. on january 1st, 2009, grant was shot and killed by b.a
trains will be stopping at all of the san francisco stations. the pittsburg bay point train will stop at montgomery. the dublin pleasanton lines will stop at embarcadero. that's to relieve congestion. so make sure you are in the right spot to catch your train to go home. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. >>> some san francisco police officers will be working overtime tonight. they are working with the fire department, the department of public health, the mta...
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ktvu brian flores is in san francisco. he will give you reaction to what just happened from the castro district in san francisco. >>> police are looking for the suspects of a deadly home invasion in the south bay. ktvu channel 2 reporter janine de la vega is in the neighborhood where it all happened with more details on the investigation. >> reporter: pam, people who live in this neighborhood are eager to find out answers in this case. police spent all weekend analyzing evidence that they gathered here at this mansion and they are doing the same thing today. they want the public to take a good look at this suspects sketch. he is described as white or latino. he is six feet tall and skinny with black hair and dark eyes. investigators say he is one of the men responsible for breaking into this multimillion dollar moment last friday and killing 66-year-old koomra and beating his wife. they are not saying how he is killed and whether this was a targeted home invasion robbery or random. now we have been trying to get in touch w
ktvu brian flores is in san francisco. he will give you reaction to what just happened from the castro district in san francisco. >>> police are looking for the suspects of a deadly home invasion in the south bay. ktvu channel 2 reporter janine de la vega is in the neighborhood where it all happened with more details on the investigation. >> reporter: pam, people who live in this neighborhood are eager to find out answers in this case. police spent all weekend analyzing evidence...
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no delays, no problems into san francisco at this hour. down in the south bay 280 traffic looks good in both directions. >>> thank you, tara. a very, very good morning. a little bit of rain possible north and along the coast. 30s on the temps. 33 antioch. san jose at 39. move r mountain view 39. santa rosa 33. two below. what? two below up in tahoe. 9 below up in pam mouth. 37 ukiah. and sacramento at 36 degrees. cloud cover will continue to increase. these are a tricky little system. they come right to the coast and go parallel to it. so we'll put in a lot of cloud cover and some rain. favors some areas to the north and coast as well. it tends to be very, very cool. upper 40s and low 50s on the temps. extended outlook i think the pattern is changing. each one of the systems coming in looks a little weaker to me. saturday cold, cold air coming in. cold and breezy sunday. fast moving system on monday. tuesday looks okay. >>> it's been two weeks since the mass shooting at a connecticut elementary school and the shooters motive is still unkno
no delays, no problems into san francisco at this hour. down in the south bay 280 traffic looks good in both directions. >>> thank you, tara. a very, very good morning. a little bit of rain possible north and along the coast. 30s on the temps. 33 antioch. san jose at 39. move r mountain view 39. santa rosa 33. two below. what? two below up in tahoe. 9 below up in pam mouth. 37 ukiah. and sacramento at 36 degrees. cloud cover will continue to increase. these are a tricky little system....
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we do have problems in san francisco. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. update on a story we told you about three firefighters who were injured in a crash on highway 24 in orinda are now recovering at home after being released from the hospital. now you might remember the firefighters were responding to a series of crashes. they were hit while standing on the shoulder. a fourth person a driver who was also hit remains in
we do have problems in san francisco. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you...
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francisco to settle his friendly bet with san francisco mayor ed lee. mayor dave bing and mayor lee vowed that the leader of the losing team city would tour economic ventures and perform community service. the mayors will tour san francisco companies twitter and green start. then it is on to at&t park for another tour and a meeting with kids from the junior giants baseball program. i'm sure we'll be covering that ahead in later newscasts. >>> tara's back. another accident in oakland. >> that's right. we have an accident blocking a lane on 880 northbound. if we take a look outside, we can see a live look at 880. look at that very, very slow gog as you are making your way towards downtown. up next, we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it has eased up. so your wait isn't as long. you are looking at an extra five minutes to get into san francisco right now. 280 in san jose, southbound traffic is still backed up at the race street exit. give yourself -- give yourself some extra time. here's steve. >>> thank you. mostly cloudy, once the fog lifts we'l
francisco to settle his friendly bet with san francisco mayor ed lee. mayor dave bing and mayor lee vowed that the leader of the losing team city would tour economic ventures and perform community service. the mayors will tour san francisco companies twitter and green start. then it is on to at&t park for another tour and a meeting with kids from the junior giants baseball program. i'm sure we'll be covering that ahead in later newscasts. >>> tara's back. another accident in...
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heading from san francisco out to the east bay. bart will also run longer trains after the nur years eve fire work finishes up. live in san francisco allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it will be one of the busiest days of the year for many bay area good will stores. it's all because of their annual donate-a-thon. the doors open at 7:00 a.m. for the event. former san francisco mayor willie brown will be there. he's kicking off the donate-a- thon. he's donating more than 90 items. you know his famous tailored suits? he's donating them. >> i wonder if he will donate any of his hats. he's a stylish guy. >> he is. >>> let's check in with tara in for sal. and bart will be extending its service tonight? >> that is right. in honor of new years. the trains will be running every 20 minutes. with service until 3:00 tonight. of course they won't be stopping as frequently in order to accommodate over crowding. right now we will head outside take a look at highway 4 through bay point. you can see the headlights there. the roadways filling up
heading from san francisco out to the east bay. bart will also run longer trains after the nur years eve fire work finishes up. live in san francisco allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it will be one of the busiest days of the year for many bay area good will stores. it's all because of their annual donate-a-thon. the doors open at 7:00 a.m. for the event. former san francisco mayor willie brown will be there. he's kicking off the donate-a- thon. he's donating more than 90 items....
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ing center in san francisco -- recycling center in san francisco to pack up and move out. the city's recreation and parks department wants the center outside of the keizer stadium to move out and plant a garden. they really want the center to move because it's attracting homeless people to golden gate park and the surrounding neighborhoods. >>> here's a good question -- who is the most overpaid actor in hollywood? "forbes" magazine has the answer. we'll give it to you next. >>> just can't come together and find any common ground on it. >> some of the people here in the bay area talking about the chances of president obama and congress reaching a deal and avoiding that fiscal cliff. some girls wish to grow up to be a princess. other girls wish to simply grow up. mae and bailey are friends battling kidney cancer at st. jude children's research hospital. we developed a treatment for their cancer that's helping kids like them across america. you know what i wish for? what's that honey? my hair back. and no more cancer. well, girls, st. jude is working on that. go to st. jude d
ing center in san francisco -- recycling center in san francisco to pack up and move out. the city's recreation and parks department wants the center outside of the keizer stadium to move out and plant a garden. they really want the center to move because it's attracting homeless people to golden gate park and the surrounding neighborhoods. >>> here's a good question -- who is the most overpaid actor in hollywood? "forbes" magazine has the answer. we'll give it to you next....
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francisco. 33 san jose. now i just looked about nine temperatures around liver moan. 32-39. 31 concord. 33 san rafael. five below tahoe. 28 ukiah. 13 up in reno. little south wind in advance of this might help a few near the coast. but i've seen temperatures between 37 and 47 in san francisco. so for some, it's cold. for others not too bad. this system is losing all its punch. cold lows. chilly afternoon highs. maybe some partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. our system right there in the cloud, rain, forecast. it clears out of here pretty fast. bundle up tonight. mostly sunny today. partly cloudy. maybe a cold morning. breezy little bit on the coast. some of the higher elevations are also out to the valley. upper 40s or very low 50s unless you are by the bay. tonight dry. that is the good news. partly cloudy and cold. temperatures inland will be dropping into the 30s pretty fast. along the coast they will stay in the 40s. partly cloudy mostly sunny tuesday. a quiet pattern first time in a long, long time. do not
francisco. 33 san jose. now i just looked about nine temperatures around liver moan. 32-39. 31 concord. 33 san rafael. five below tahoe. 28 ukiah. 13 up in reno. little south wind in advance of this might help a few near the coast. but i've seen temperatures between 37 and 47 in san francisco. so for some, it's cold. for others not too bad. this system is losing all its punch. cold lows. chilly afternoon highs. maybe some partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. our system right there in the cloud,...
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no cases have been reported in san francisco. experts recommend men who are at risk of becoming infected to be vaccinated against the disease. >>> there's new information this noontime about a homicide in pleasant hill. detectives from the contra costa sheriff's department have arrested 38-year-old james riley. they say he and the victim, 47- year-old jerald nagle, were fighting at a homeless encampment before nagle was killed. his body was found around 9:00 p.m. at the offramp of 680 and concord avenue. an autopsy is set for later today. reilly is being held on $1 million bail. >>> and an update on a story we've been following since yesterday morning. berkeley police have identified a woman killed tuesday night while riding her bike. 50-year-old pamela mullin was shot next to longfellow middle school on sacramento street. it's unclear if she was targeted. so far no arrests have been made. >>> the fate of a pit bull who attacked a u.s. park patrol officer's horse in san francisco is scheduled to be determined this afternoon. the
no cases have been reported in san francisco. experts recommend men who are at risk of becoming infected to be vaccinated against the disease. >>> there's new information this noontime about a homicide in pleasant hill. detectives from the contra costa sheriff's department have arrested 38-year-old james riley. they say he and the victim, 47- year-old jerald nagle, were fighting at a homeless encampment before nagle was killed. his body was found around 9:00 p.m. at the offramp of 680...
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a heads up for commuters in san francisco. muni reports that the powell street cable car line will remain out of service this morning. >> the problem, a defective piece of cable. transit officials say motor coach shuttles are being used as a backup. >>> a san francisco cab company is offering free cab rides this new year's eve. luxor cabs will give a free ride home to people leaving bars and restaurants. you must mention berg industry lawyers to get a free ride. only fares under $35 will be free. >> and there are police officers out there tonight. they will be watching. >> yes. >> so be careful. >>> tara, you are talking about free rides? >> that's right. muni will be offering free rides. that's tonight from 8:00 until 6:00 tomorrow morning. caltrain and samtrans also offering free rides after 11:00. -- as well as vta from 7:00 this evening until 4:00 in the morning. b.a.r.t. will be offering extended service. so no excuses to drink and drive. right now we're gonna take a live look at highway 4 through bay point. traffic westb
a heads up for commuters in san francisco. muni reports that the powell street cable car line will remain out of service this morning. >> the problem, a defective piece of cable. transit officials say motor coach shuttles are being used as a backup. >>> a san francisco cab company is offering free cab rides this new year's eve. luxor cabs will give a free ride home to people leaving bars and restaurants. you must mention berg industry lawyers to get a free ride. only fares under...
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that's according to the san francisco chronicle. the group has already talked to hundreds of shoppers and tour its. next it plans to interview the panhandlers themselves. >>> 8:33 now. in san francisco, muni is getting free help designed for hack-a-thons. some have focused their skills to help muni with scheduling problems. one of the most promising apps features a map showing the realtime location of buses and trains to passengers. for now it's being tried out at the van ness station. >>> gas prices across the country are at their lowest levels in almost a year with the average for regular at 3.25 a gallon. gas is a bit more expensive in the bay area. san francisco has the highest average at 3.60. it's a dime cheaper in san jose, santa rosa. that's down almost 1.20 from the record in october. >>> the giants are helping ferries reach high ridership rates. more than 92,000 people rode the forry from lark purr to at&t park this past championship season. this is the third straight year, they've had 90,000 riders or more. >>> bay area a
that's according to the san francisco chronicle. the group has already talked to hundreds of shoppers and tour its. next it plans to interview the panhandlers themselves. >>> 8:33 now. in san francisco, muni is getting free help designed for hack-a-thons. some have focused their skills to help muni with scheduling problems. one of the most promising apps features a map showing the realtime location of buses and trains to passengers. for now it's being tried out at the van ness station....
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. >>> and to the latest on san francisco muni. it's back up and running after a transformer problem shut down everything for hours. ktvu aalex savidge live at the -- ktvu's alex savidge is live at the van ness station. what do you know? >> reporter: well, right here on market street, i did an interview with the mta spokesperson, he came out here and updated the situation. he says computers who use subway systems can expect a smooth right. all of the issues has been resolved. he tells me all of their trains are running on their regular schedules. let me show you the scene inside the van ness station. all of the trains again moving this morning. there was a shutdown, though, last night. it was about 6:00 when the entire subway system stopped because of a blown transformer at the van ness station. crews had to work throughout the night to fix the problem. and then finally at 1:30 this morning, they had everybody up and running again. with all of the subways out of service. you can imagine it was a major hassle for tens of thousands o
. >>> and to the latest on san francisco muni. it's back up and running after a transformer problem shut down everything for hours. ktvu aalex savidge live at the -- ktvu's alex savidge is live at the van ness station. what do you know? >> reporter: well, right here on market street, i did an interview with the mta spokesperson, he came out here and updated the situation. he says computers who use subway systems can expect a smooth right. all of the issues has been resolved. he...
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>> in san francisco today. yeah, free metered parking everywhere along a -- including along the embarcadero and fisherman's wharf. no street sweeping unless that sign says seven days a week of the including holidays. that's the good news -- a week, including holidays. that's the good news. you can see traffic is moving well along all directions. we have, really not a whole lot of people out there. hopefully everybody is opening their presents right now. down in the south bay, 237, milpitas, usually we see a lot of westbound traffic on the right-hand side of your screen but really own what? three cars right now. so that's great. here's rosemary. >>> we have a new storm rolling in in, in time for your christmas day. it looks like it could be wet and windy by the afternoon this is part of the bay area where we continue with the mostly gray skies and the mostly dry conditions, although picking up some light rain in santa rosa. let's head in a little bit closer here where we have the doppler radar going for you. loo
>> in san francisco today. yeah, free metered parking everywhere along a -- including along the embarcadero and fisherman's wharf. no street sweeping unless that sign says seven days a week of the including holidays. that's the good news -- a week, including holidays. that's the good news. you can see traffic is moving well along all directions. we have, really not a whole lot of people out there. hopefully everybody is opening their presents right now. down in the south bay, 237,...